Allie Jones

On Saturday, Amare Stoudemire deleted an Instagram captioned "Pray for Palestine." That same day, Dwight Howard tweeted and quickly deleted "#FreePalestine," claiming the tweet was a "mistake." Today, Rihanna also tweeted and deleted "#FreePalestine," proving that even the world's largest Twitter troll wants no part of the Israel-Palestine debate.

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As the death toll in Gaza rises, some Twitter users have asked celebrities to show solidarity with Palestinians caught in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Howard, for example, seemed genuinely concerned when @NckJ6 tweeted him photos of bombings in Gaza on Saturday.

Rihanna hasn't commented on her #FreePalestine tweet, but in all likelihood, her people decided defending it wasn't worth it. According to a TMZ source, RiRi "didn't even realize" she tweeted it. (Tweets that she stands by: rooting against USA in the World Cup; mocking a 16-year-old fan's prom dress.)

Swizz Beatz, if you still count him as a celebrity, has kept his #FreePalestine tweet up since yesterday.

#freepalestine 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 I don't care what's the problem you don't just kill lil kids like that🙈 I pray for peace ASAP!!!!